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Looking to take the next step — or even a first one — into international trade? You’ll need to understand exporting from a financial perspective.
How will you finance your export expansion? What potential additional expenses must be factored in? How do you make sure you get paid, no matter where your customer is located?
In this 90-minute workshop, international trade consultant/trainer Linda Woulfe helps Rhode Island manufacturers gain the understanding they need to take the next step to exporting. The third in a four-part series, this session dives into financial aspects of international business.
WHAT TO EXPECT
1) Understand what goes into a pricing strategy
2) Learn how to finance your exports and resources available
3) How to mitigate financial risk
4) Time for Q&A to drill deeper on your questions or challenges
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
- Owners, Founders, senior executives of RI manufacturing companies who want to start or increase international business
- CFOs / Controllers
- Sales and Marketing Leads
ABOUT THE TRAINER:
Linda Woulfe is an international trade professional with over 30 years of experience helping companies take their products and services overseas. Linda spent the last ten years as Assistant Director of the Chafee Center for International Business at Bryant University, where she worked closely with local companies as part of Rhode Island’s international trade office, helping them with international trade needs including consulting and training on a wide range of international trade topics, as well as assistance with grant funding. Prior to that, she worked for numerous private companies in a variety of trade-related roles including supply chain management, global sourcing, marketing and business development.
In addition to guiding companies as a Certified Global Business Professional (CGBP), Woulfe is an Adjunct Professor of International Trade and Logistics at Bryant University